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BMW to build giant plant in Debrecen

1 August 2018
Krisztina Biró
German car maker BMW is preparing to build a more than EUR 1 billion plant in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Tuesday. The plant will have capacity to turn out 150,000 conventional and electric vehicles a year, employing more than 1,000 once production starts. BMW will assume […]
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EU signs its biggest free trade deal with Japan

23 July 2018
Krisztina Biró
The European Union and Japan have signed one of the world's biggest free trade deals, covering nearly a third of the world's GDP and 600 million people. One of the biggest EU exports to Japan is dairy goods, while cars are one of Japan's biggest exports. The move contrasts sharply with actions by the US […]
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Free trade with Japan is also in the interests of the European Union and Hungary

18 June 2018
Krisztina Biró
“Rapid and comprehensive changes are going on within global politics and the global economy; old friendships are being broken and alliances of interests that previously seemed unlikely are coming into being. In such a turbulent period, it is in the interests of both the European Union and Hungary to forge alliances”, Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
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Pictures at an Exhibition – Japanese inspirations

1 July 2016
Krisztina Biró
While walking along the shores of Lake Zurich, my eyes fell on a poster with a Japanese theme: the Kunsthaus (Museum of Fine Arts) was advertising an exhibition called “Inspiration Japan – Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh.” There was nothing surprising about my noticing this promotion, because ever since I’ve become interested in Japan I act […]
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A glimpse into the world of Japanese robots

1 April 2016
Krisztina Biró
Humanoid robots are totally fascinating. In the fall of 2014, I saw a performance by the Japanese Oriza Hirata robot theater at Trafo, here in Budapest. The company took its inspiration from Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and, unlike in the original work, Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a humanoid robot rather than an […]
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A sapling planted in a swamp, or the history of Christianity in Japan

15 January 2016
Krisztina Biró
Many years ago I had a discussion about Christianity with a Japanese colleague. That was when I learned that Christianity had reached Japan in the 16th century but did not really spread. (In today’s Japan with its population of 130 million, only about a million and a half people consider themselves followers of Christ, while […]
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Home of the Lord of the Heavens – Visiting the Japanese Imperial Palace

6 November 2015
Krisztina Biró
The Japanese Imperial Palace was one of the attractions I was determined to see when visiting Tokyo last year, since I was exceedingly curious about the home of the only monarch in the world still to be called an emperor. The palace is in the heart of Tokyo in the midst of a huge park, […]
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Answering the call of nature - The world of Japanese toilets

28 August 2015
Krisztina Biró
Simply using a toilet in Japan produced a cultural shock. On my first day at school, I dashed into the lavatory during a 5-minute break and stood there paralyzed, staring at the “facility” in front of me and at the huge cockroach in the corner. Later, I learned that this type of toilet is traditional […]
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Up in the Clouds in Japan – Climbing Mt. Fuji

19 June 2015
Krisztina Biró
The alarm clock went off at 4 a.m. That gave Emmi enough time to fix her hair with the curling iron and Marissa to put on her "face" before departure. On the bus we were given an XS sandwich and two rice balls. Luckily, we learned that the rice balls or “onigiri” were intended for […]
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